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by matthiasbasler
Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Set up VirtualBox for x64 and/or multi-core tests
Replies: 3
Views: 4808

Set up VirtualBox for x64 and/or multi-core tests

As you might know I do some software tests from time to time. So far I have done all tests with x86 builds and have configured Virtual Box to use one processor only. With the developments in the 0.4.15 branch I learnt (e.g. from the Twitter page ) that both x64 support and multicore support have bee...
by matthiasbasler
Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:45 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?
Replies: 8
Views: 10365

Re: ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?

Happy birthday, ROS 0.4.14 branch.

The mentioned discussion about the future of this branch on the dev mailing list seems to have resulted in no decision in March, has it? I'm just curious if I missed something...
by matthiasbasler
Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?
Replies: 8
Views: 10365

Re: ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?

Thanks for pointing me to this thread. I was not aware of it.
by matthiasbasler
Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?
Replies: 8
Views: 10365

ROS 0.4.14 blocked by regressions ... Is this the right way?

Hi all, I am following the pre-release regression test pages for years and have been doing my share of testing certain OS/non-OS software for every release since a while. I noted that the test page for ROS 0.4.14 has not seen much updates over the last months. The corresponding release branch was br...
by matthiasbasler
Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC
Replies: 5
Views: 6036

Re: Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC

Is it this what you are looking for? https://reactos.org/wiki/Community_Changelog-0.4.13 Very well. That's probably the closest I can expect to get at this point. Although very technical, it gives a fairly good idea about the areas that have seen improvements. Thanks for pointing this out, gonzoMD.
by matthiasbasler
Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC
Replies: 5
Views: 6036

Re: Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC

Good point, but I don't think this is is feasible for the typical target audience of the release notes. It would mean to browse through ~300 issues, half of which I don't even understand technically, and it would require me to judge the importance of each of these in order to come up with the "...
by matthiasbasler
Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC
Replies: 5
Views: 6036

Suggestion: Preliminary release notes for RC

I have been doing pre-release tests for most ROS release over the last years when they were in RC stage. At this time I usually test certain software (additional to the one tested by reactosfanboy) and some real hardware. The release notes, however, are only compiled for the actual release after the...
by matthiasbasler
Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:53 am
Forum: ReactOS Website discussion
Topic: Forum and Twitter page not up to date
Replies: 2
Views: 10627

Forum and Twitter page not up to date

Hi developers and admins. As a regular visitor to your web page, forum and twitter page I noted that lately the latter give the impression of not being up to date concerning its content. Specifically: In the forum section "General discussion", the thread "0.4.11 Testing" is promi...
by matthiasbasler
Sun May 26, 2019 9:15 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: How to restore system after installing problematic driver
Replies: 3
Views: 2485

How to restore system after installing problematic driver

My question to those testers with more experience is: Is there a way to restore a broken configuration without having to re-install ReactOS from scratch? Background: Testing drivers on real hardware is a very time consuming thing, because if something fails I cannot just revert to an earlier VM stat...
by matthiasbasler
Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Your most wanted feature for the 2019 Hackfest?
Replies: 64
Views: 19567

Re: Your most wanted feature for the next Hackfest?

I'm turning this into a general forum post where we can just discuss features that we want to see happen in Hackfest LONG in advance. I hope I am not misunderstanding the idea of this announcement, but this reads like an invitation for a feature wishlist discussion. If so, my top-most wishes are (w...
by matthiasbasler
Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Questions about ROS compatibility mode
Replies: 4
Views: 2920

Re: Questions about ROS compatibility mode

Thanks a lot for the explanation. This really helped.
Now I know that there is no point experimenting with combinations of several OS modes, for instance.
by matthiasbasler
Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: ReactOS Website discussion
Topic: Improve Newbee testing help page experience
Replies: 2
Views: 11646

Re: Improve Newbee testing help page experience

I extended my personal wiki page with a suggestion how this could look: ReactOS testing overview and FAQ for beginners.
by matthiasbasler
Sun Jul 08, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: ReactOS Website discussion
Topic: Improve Newbee testing help page experience
Replies: 2
Views: 11646

Improve Newbee testing help page experience

Hi website/wiki maintainers, driven by my own experiences as new ROS tester and by other forum threads which show similiar issues I suggest following in order to improve the website experience for new people willing to take ROS for a test ride: There should be a better introduction/landing page for ...
by matthiasbasler
Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:57 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Wiki: reCAPTCHA V1 IS SHUTDOWN
Replies: 12
Views: 7136

Re: Wiki: reCAPTCHA V1 IS SHUTDOWN

Hi Tobias, I am happy that you are willing to help tesing. I do the very same. I know by myself that finding the right answers in the project pages is not easy, often you need to know the exact name of what you are looking for in order to find it. (That's why I chose to bookmark all important pages ...
by matthiasbasler
Sat Jul 07, 2018 8:44 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Questions about ROS compatibility mode
Replies: 4
Views: 2920

Re: Questions about ROS compatibility mode

Thanks for pointing me to this page. However, the screenshot is from Win10, not ROS and the descriptions on this page only partly matches what I see in ROS 0.4.8/0.4.9. It is no clear whether the listed "shims" apply to the version dropdown (shown in the screenshot) or the list available i...